Clinics & Services

Nurse Practitioner

Our nurse Practitioner is a member of the nursing team who has undertaken additional training in order to treat a variety of minor ailments, e.g. tonsillitis, ear infections and rashes etc. He also carries out telephone appointments each morning Monday to Thursday to assist the doctor on duty for emergencies, by giving appropriate advice for less urgent matters. He runs his own clinic in parallel with the duty doctor and is able to issue prescriptions if required.

Practice nurses

Our nursing team covers both Davenal House and Stoke Prior Surgeries. The service provided includes: general treatment room duties, routine immunisations, health promotion, cervical smears, chronic disease management, family planning and travel health advice.

Health Care Assistant/Phlebotomist

The health care assistant is a specially trained technician who performs most routine blood tests. She has regular bookable morning appointments Monday, Tuesday and Thursdays and afternoon appointments Monday to Thursday at Davenal House. There are also appointments available on Wednesday and Friday mornings at Stoke Prior.

Our Services

Antenatal Appointments

All doctors provide antenatal care within ordinary surgery times. This care always includes shared care between your doctor and the hospital-based specialists. The midwife also holds a clinic at Davenal House on Monday afternoons..

Baby Clinics - Davenal House Surgery

Friday 09:00 to 12:30 drop-in available 11:20 to 12:30

The baby clinics are run by Dr Lewin and Dr Smith for child development checks and immunisations and allow an opportunity to discuss other problems such as feeding, sleeping and child health worries with a doctor or health visitor.

Drop in sessions with the health visitor are held at Stoke Prior Surgery every second Thursday of the month between 11:30 and 12:30.

Health Promotion

The aim of promoting health is to identify risk factors at an early stage and preventing them from causing ill health. We offer a full range of health promotion via our practice nurses. Services include:

• Cervical Smears
• Dietary Advice (weight reduction, low cholesterol etc)
• Blood Pressure Checks
• Lifestyle Advice (e.g. smoking, exercise etc)
• Well Woman and Well Man Checks

Please make an appointment at reception.

Asthma And Chronic Airways Disease Clinic - Davenal House Surgery

Monday 14:00 to 17:30. Appointments are available to book in this clinic, which is run by our practice nurses Diane Elliott and Davina Palmer. Drop-in sessions on a Monday afternoon with Dr Lee vary.  Please contact reception for details.

Diabetic Clinic-Davenal House Surgery

Monday 11:20 until 12:20 Wednesday 08:30 until 10:30 and 14:00 until 17:20

This is run by practice nurse Diane Elliott for all diabetics whether controlled by diet, tablets or insulin. Your doctor will refer you to this clinic.

Insulin Clinic- Davenal House Surgery

Wednesday 08:30 until 10:30

This clinic is run by Dr Parrott who also over sees the diabetic clinic.

Family Planning Clinic - Davenal House Surgery

Thursday 14:00 until 18:00 (drop-in).  Appointments available 15:30 to 18:00.

This clinic is run by Dr Lewin and the practice nurse. Advice on all forms of contraception is also provided within ordinary surgery times by appointment.

Travel Immunisation/Vaccinations - Davenal House Surgery

Tuesday 14:00 to 17:00 and Thursday 10:00 to 12:20

Please make an appointment at least eight to ten weeks in advance of your holiday to ensure adequate cover. A charge will be made for certain immunisations and vaccinations which are not covered by the NHS. A list of these charges is held at reception.

Yellow Fever Vaccinations

St Johns Surgery Bromsgrove is an authorised yellow fever vaccination centre - tel: 01527 872393

Minor Surgery

Some minor surgical procedures can be performed by your doctor at the surgery by prior arrangement with your doctor.

Elderly And Chronically Disabled

If you are aged 75 years or over you should be seen annually either by your doctor, the practice nurse, district nurse or health visitor. A nurse advisor with a special interest in care for the elderly is also attached to the practice.

Please contact reception to arrange an appointment or a home visit if you are housebound.

Counselling - Davenal House Surgery

A counsellor is available on Tuesday mormings and all day Wednesday. Please ask your doctor for an appointment.

Attached Services

Physiotherapist

You can be referred to a number of different Physiotherapists upon seeing a GP. They are based at:

• Assura Physiotherapy Services, New Road Surgery, Bromsgrove
• Catherine Adams Physiotherapy Services, Parkside, Bromsgrove
• People Asset management (PAM) Wellbeing, Bromsgrove Technology Park
• Worcestershire Primary Care Trust (WPCT) Provider Services (who operate from various sites)
• Patients can also self-refer to Physio Direct without seeing a GP by telephoning 01527 488179, Monday to Friday 13:00 until 14:30.

District nurses

Day service 08:30 to 16:30 Tel: 01527 488343

Evening service   16:30 to 23:00 Tel: 01527 488340

Night service   23:00 to 08:30 Tel: 07767441161

A member of the district nursing day team operates the phone line between 7.45am and 8.30am Monday to Friday.

The district nursing team is based at the Princess of Wales Community Hospital.

They call into the practice daily to collect any messages. Non-urgent messages can also be left on an answer machine on their day service number. District nursing duties include visiting housebound patients of any age in their homes, giving practical assistance or offering professional advice.

Each patient’s needs are assessed and their care/treatment is planned accordingly.

Health Visitors

01527 488329

The health visitors are based at Catshill Clinic. They attend child health clinics at Davenal House and Stoke Prior Surgeries.

Midwife

01527 488141

The midwife is based at the Princess of Wales Community Hospital and she holds a clinic at Davenal House Surgery on Monday afternoons. The midwife can be contacted on the above number or alternatively non urgent messages can be left with reception.  When you have had your pregnancy confirmed you will need to book a first antenatal appointment with one of the doctors who will enter you into the system for arranging appointments to follow the pregnancy via the midwife and hospital antenatal clinics. Patient-held records (the green booklet) will be given to you at the appointment, with information about the role of the healthcare team and the changes which occur during pregnancy and how to maintain a healthy pregnancy. 

Social Work Team

01905 765016

The Adult Community Social Work Team, offer support and advice for the over 65s and for physically disabled patients aged 18 years and over.

Counsellor

01527 872008

A counsellor is based at Davenal House Surgery on Tuesday mornings and all day Wednesday. Counselling is a way of getting support and help for a wide range of problems and is available to patients after consultation with their GP.

Non-NHS Services

The doctors are happy to carry out insurance, driving licence, medicals etc. However, these services are not covered by the NHS. Please ask at reception for the charges of these services when arranging your appointment.

Fees for Non-NHS Services

Leaflet on Non-NHS Fees

Flu Vaccination

An influenza vaccination is particularly recommended for patients over 65 plus those with heart, lung disease, kidney disease or diabetes. Also those resident in nursing and rest homes. Please contact the reception staff in mid-September for details of the vaccination dates and to make an appointment. Posters giving further details will be displayed in the waiting room. Home visits can be arranged for those patients who are housebound and have no one that can bring them to surgery. Please contact reception for details.

If you are the main carer for a relative or friend receiving a flu vaccination, you are entitled to one as well. If you are not in one of the above mentioned categories but would like to receive a flu vaccination, some local pharmacies will offer this service for a fee.

Travel Vaccinations

If you require any vaccinations relating to foreign travel you need to make an appointment with the practice nurse to discuss your travel arrangements. This will include which countries and areas within countries that you are visiting to determine what vaccinations are required.

There is further information about countries and vaccinations required on the links below

Europe & Russia	North America
Central America	South America
Caribbean	Africa
Middle East	Central Asia
East Asia	Australasia and Pacific

It is important to make this initial appointment as early as possible - at least 6 weeks before you travel - as a second appointment will be required with the practice nurse to actually receive the vaccinations. These vaccines have to be ordered as they are not a stock vaccine. Your second appointment needs to be at least 2 weeks before you travel to allow the vaccines to work.

Most travel vaccines are ordered on a private prescription and these incur a charge over and above the normal prescription charge. This is because travel vaccination is not included in the services provided by the NHS and therefore is a chargeable service.

To help us offer the appropriate advice, please fill out the online form before coming to see the nurse.

Travel Questionnaire

If you are travelling to Europe a very useful booklet has been published with advice and guidance to help you get the most out of your holiday. To visit please click:- http://ec.europa.eu/publications/booklets/eu_glance/86/en.pdf (this is a large document and may take a minute or two to view)

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